| 0 | Dust Jacket | cover | 1 | pencils: Jim Mooney; inks: Jim Mooney; colors: Jamison | Batman; Robin |
| 1 | Title Page | credits, title page | 1 | pencils: Jim Mooney; inks: Jim Mooney; colors: Jamison | |
| 2 | Copyright | credits, title page | 1 | letters: typeset | |
| 3 | Table of Contents | table of contents | 2 | colors: Jamison | Batman |
| 4 | Foreword | foreword, introduction, preface, afterword | 3 | script: Bill Schelly; colors: Digital Chameleon | Joker |
| 5 | Cover - Detective Comics #120 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; colors: Jamison; editing: Jack Schiff | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Penguin |
| 6 | Fowl Play | comic story | 12 | pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; colors: Jamison; editing: Jack Schiff | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Penguin [Oswald Cobblepot](villain) |
| 7 | Cover - Detective Comics #121 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Jack Burnley; inks: Charles Paris; colors: Jamison; editing: Jack Schiff | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson] |
| 8 | Commissioner Gordon Walks a Beat | comic story | 12 | pencils: Howard Sherman; inks: Howard Sherman; colors: Jamison; editing: Jack Schiff | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Inspector Vane; Sure Thing Smiley (villain) |
| 9 | Cover - Detective Comics #122 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Charles Paris; colors: Jamison; editing: Jack Schiff | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Catwoman |
| 10 | The Black Cat Crimes | comic story | 13 | pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Charles Paris; colors: Jamison; editing: Jack Schiff | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Catwoman (villain) |
| 11 | Cover - Detective Comics #123 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Jack Burnley; inks: Charles Paris; colors: Jamison; editing: Jack Schiff | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson] |
| 12 | The Dawn Patrol Crimes | comic story | 12 | pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Ray Burnley; colors: Jamison; editing: Jack Schiff | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Shiner [Mr. Smythe](villain) |
| 13 | Cover - Detective Comics #124 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Bob Kane; inks: George Roussos; colors: Jamison; editing: Jack Schiff | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Joker |
| 14 | The Crime Parade | comic story | 12 | script: Edmond Hamilton; pencils: Bob Kane, Lew Schwartz; inks: George Roussos; colors: Jamison; editing: Jack Schiff | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Joker (villain) |
| 15 | Cover - Detective Comics #125 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Jack Burnley; inks: Charles Paris; colors: Jamison; editing: Jack Schiff | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson] |
| 16 | The Citadel of Crime | comic story | 13 | script: Bill Finger; pencils: Jack Burnley; inks: Charles Paris, Ray Burnley; colors: Jamison; letters: Betty Bentley; editing: Jack Schiff | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson] |
| 17 | Cover - Detective Comics #126 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Jack Burnley; inks: Jack Burnley; colors: Jamison; editing: Jack Schiff | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Penguin |
| 18 | Case of the Silent Songbirds | comic story | 12 | pencils: Jim Mooney; inks: Jim Mooney; colors: Jamison; editing: Jack Schiff | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Penguin [Oswald Cobblepot](villain) |
| 19 | Cover - Detective Comics #127 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Charles Paris; inks: Charles Paris; colors: Jamison; editing: Jack Schiff | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Doctor Agar |
| 20 | Pigmies in Giantland | comic story | 12 | script: Edmond Hamilton; pencils: Charles Paris; inks: Charles Paris; colors: Jamison; editing: Jack Schiff | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Doctor Agar (villain) |
| 21 | Cover - Detective Comics #128 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Dick Sprang; inks: Dick Sprang; colors: Jamison; editing: Jack Schiff | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Joker |
| 22 | Crime in esreveR | comic story | 12 | pencils: Paul Cooper; inks: Ray Burnley; colors: Jamison; editing: Jack Schiff | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Joker (villain) |
| 23 | Cover - Detective Comics #129 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Jack Burnley; inks: Jack Burnley; colors: Jamison; editing: Jack Schiff | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson] |
| 24 | The Isle of Yesterday | comic story | 12 | script: Bill Finger; pencils: Jack Burnley; inks: Charles Paris, Ray Burnley; colors: Jamison; letters: Betty Bentley; editing: Jack Schiff | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Judge James Goodwin; Mary Goodwin |
| 25 | Cover - Detective Comics #130 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Charles Paris; colors: Jamison; editing: Jack Schiff | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson] |
| 26 | The Box | comic story | 12 | script: Bill Finger; pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Charles Paris, Ray Burnley; colors: Jamison; editing: Jack Schiff | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Briggs Carson (villain) |
| 27 | Cover - Detective Comics #131 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Charles Paris; colors: Jamison; editing: Jack Schiff | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson] |
| 28 | The Underworld Surgeon | comic story | 13 | script: Don C. Cameron; pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Charles Paris; colors: Jamison; editing: Jack Schiff | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Steve Travers |
| 29 | Cover - Detective Comics #132 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Jim Mooney; inks: Charles Paris; colors: Jamison; editing: Jack Schiff | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Human Key |
| 30 | The Human Key | comic story | 12 | pencils: Jim Mooney; inks: Charles Paris; colors: Jamison; editing: Jack Schiff | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Human Key [Paul Bodin] |
| 31 | Cover - Detective Comics #133 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Charles Paris; colors: Jamison; editing: Jack Schiff | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Arthur Loom |
| 32 | The Man Who Could See the Future | comic story | 12 | script: Edmond Hamilton; pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Charles Paris; colors: Jamison; editing: Jack Schiff | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Arthur Loom |
| 33 | Cover - Detective Comics #134 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Jim Mooney; inks: Jim Mooney; colors: Jamison; editing: Jack Schiff | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson] |
| 34 | The Umbrellas of Crime | comic story | 12 | script: Bill Finger; pencils: Jim Mooney; inks: Charles Paris; colors: Jamison; editing: Jack Schiff | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Penguin [Oswald Cobblepot](villain) |
| 35 | Cover - Detective Comics #135 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Win Mortimer, Bob Kane; inks: Win Mortimer, Charles Paris; colors: Jamison; editing: Jack Schiff | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Frankenstein |
| 36 | The True Story of Frankenstein | comic story | 12 | script: Edmond Hamilton; pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Charles Paris; colors: Jamison; editing: Jack Schiff | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Professor Carter Nichols; Frankenstein |
| 37 | Biographies | text article | 3 | letters: typeset | |
| 38 | Backcover | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Win Mortimer, Jack Burnley, Dick Sprang, Bob Kane; inks: Win Mortimer, Charles Paris, Dick Sprang; colors: Jamison; editing: Jack Schiff | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Joker; Penguin |